Lessons in Peacemaking from Israel’s Relations with the Shah’s Iran
“Friendly, informal but not hidden, and based on mutual benefit.”
June 13, 2023
Lessons in Peacemaking from Israel’s Relations with the Shah’s Iran
“Friendly, informal but not hidden, and based on mutual benefit.”
Until the 1979 Islamic revolution, Tehran maintained cordial ties with Jerusalem—cultivated as part of David Ben-Gurion’s “periphery strategy” that emphasized diplomacy with countries further afield than Israel’s then-hostile neighbors. Jason Brodsky sees in this relationship a model for the Jewish state to follow as it aims to expand the Abraham Accords to include Saudi Arabia and other Arab states:
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